Hundreds of Essex

Between

Maldon

. Each hundred had a separate council that met each month to rule on local judicial and taxation matters.

Essex probably originated as a shire in the time of

Becontree hundred.^[1]^[3] In the time of Edward I, Clavering and Freshwell were each considered half-hundreds in Essex.^[4]

Parishes

At the start of the 19th century, the hundreds contained the following parishes:[5]

Hundred	Area (acres)^[6]	Parishes
Barstable	71,373	West Horndon, West Tilbury, Wickford
Becontree	37,705	Barking, Dagenham, East Ham, Ilford, Leyton, Little Ilford, Walthamstow, Wanstead, West Ham, Woodford
Chafford	34,703	Grays Thurrock, Great Warley, Little Warley, North Ockendon, Rainham, South Ockendon, South Weald, Stifford, Upminster, Wennington, West Thurrock
Chelmsford	85,536	Chignal Smealy, Danbury, Fryerning, East Hanningfield, West Hanningfield, South Hanningfield, Ingatestone, Great Leighs, Little Leighs, Margaretting, Mountnessing, Rettendon, Roxwell, Runwell, Sandon, Springfield, Stock, Great Waltham, Little Waltham, Widford, Woodham Ferrers (Ferris), Writtle
Clavering	19,987	Berden, Clavering, Farnham, Langley, Manuden, Ugley
Dengie	58,542	Mayland, Mundon, North Fambridge, Purleigh, Southminster, Steeple, Stow Maries, Tillingham, Woodham Mortimer, Woodham Walter
Dunmow	52,171	Shellow Bowels, Thaxted, Tilty, Willingale Doe, Willingale Spain
Freshwell	28,728	Ashdon, Great Bardfield, Little Bardfield, Bardfield Saling, Helions Bumpstead, Hadstock, Hempstead, Radwinter, Great Sampford, Little Sampford
Harlow	30,193	Little Parndon, Sheering
Havering (liberty)	12550	Havering-atte-Bower, Hornchurch, Romford
Hinckford	110,566	Wickham St Paul, Great Yeldham, Little Yeldham
Lexden	62,476	Great Coggeshall, Earls Colne, Colne Engaine, Wakes Colne, White Colne, Copford, Feering, Inworth, Markshall, Messing, Pattiswick, Great Tey, Little Tey, Marks Tey
Ongar	56,994	Abbess Roding, Beauchamp Roding, Berners Roding, Bobbingworth, Chigwell, Chipping Ongar, Fyfield, Greensted, High Laver, High Ongar, Kelvedon Hatch, Lambourne, Little Laver, Loughton, Magdalen Laver, Moreton, Navestock, North Weald Bassett, Norton Mandeville, Shelley, Stanford Rivers, Stapleford Abbotts, Stapleford Tawney, Stondon Massey, Theydon Bois, Theydon Garnon, Theydon Mount
Rochford	58,639	Little Wakering
Tendring	83,011	Walton-le-Soken, Weeley, Wix, Wrabness
Thurstable	24,776	Goldhanger, Heybridge, Langford, Tollesbury, Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Tolleshunt Knights, Tolleshunt Major, Great Totham, Little Totham, Wickham Bishops
Uttlesford	48,781	Arkesden, Birchanger, Great Chesterford, Little Chesterford, Great Chishill, Little Chishill, Chrishall, Debden, Elmdon, Elsenham, Heydon, Henham, Littlebury, Newport, Quendon, Rickling, Stansted Mountfitchet, Strethall, Takeley, Wenden Lofts, Wendens Ambo, Wicken Bonhunt, Widdington, Wimbish
Waltham	23,098	Chingford, Epping, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey
Winstree	23,685	Abberton, Fingringhoe, Langenhoe, Layer Breton, Layer de la Haye, Layer Marney, East Mersea, West Mersea, Peldon, Salcott, Virley, Great Wigborough, Little Wigborough
Witham	36,684	Witham

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Essex" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 783–786.
^ Open Domesday: Essex. Accessed 10 June 2023.
^ "The hundred of Becontree: Introduction". A History of the County of Essex: Volume 5. 1966.
^ The National Archives: Description of the Essex hundreds and half-hundreds. Accessed 10 June 2023.
^ "Essex". A History of the County of Essex.
^ John Bartholomew (1887). Gazetteer of the British Isles.

Parishes

References

See also